Combination grain container and door



G. S. SOBECK. JR

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UNTE@ 'STATES GEORGE S. SOBECK, JR., OF LUZERNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION GRAIN CONTAINER AND DOOR.

Application filed April 17, 1922. Serial No. 553,376.

, To all whom t muy concern:

Be it known that LGEORGE S. Sonnen, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residin at Luzerne, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have 'invented a new and useful Combination Grain Container and Door, of which the following is a'specication.

rThis invention aims to provide a simple means whereby an ordinary car may be made tight, to hold grain therein, against leakage. Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the sort described which may be removed from the car at will, and be folded up into small compass, for storage or shipment.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enchancethe utility of devices of that type to whiclig'the invention appert-ains. j

W ith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described. and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment ofthe invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings z- Figure 1 shows in horizontal section, a car equipped with the device formingthe subject matter of this application; Figure 2 is a perspective view showing one form of the invention; Figure 3 is an elevation showing the outside oi' a car to which the device has been applied, the chute being closed; Figure lis an inside elevation showing the chute closed; Figure 5 is a section on the lline 5-'-5 of Figure ,ethe chute on one side being opened; lhgure 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Figure 4:, Figures 4, 5 and 6 disclosing a modification.

The numeral 1 marks a car provided with doorways 2 controlled by doors 3 which are slidably mounted as shown at 4.

The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises a box-like b ody 5, made oflexible material, such as canvas, the body 5 being so shaped as to fit closely within the car l. The body 5 is suiplied with foldable chutes 6, made of fidxible material, each chute 6 omprising a bottom 7 Securing elements such as buckies 9, are mounted on the body F,

securing elements 10, preferably inthe form (if-straps, beingl mounted on the lower surlace of the bottom 7 of the chute 6. The chutes 6 may be extended outwardly through the doorways 2, as shown in Figure 1, and as indicated in Figure 2, when it is desired to discharge grain. l/Vhen it is sought to seal the car, the side walls 8 of the chutes 6 are folded along diagonal lines 11 to forni overlapped triangular wings 12, the bottom 7 of the chute extending upwardly on the outside of the wings 12. The straps are connected with the buckles 9, and, thus, the chutes are held folded, as indicated in the upper portion of Figure 2, and as shown in the upper portion of Figure l. When the doors 3 are slid to closed position with respect to the doorways 2, it will be obvious that the folded chutes bulge outwardly, the grain in the car l being held within the body 5 of the device.

in the modification shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6, the car appears at 14, the doorways being shown at 15, the doors being denoted by the numeral 16 and being slidably mounted as shown at 17. The bottom of the oar lll: is marked by the numeral 18.

The device for holding the ear a ainst leakage of grain includes a liexible bo y 19, the body, in the present instance, being U- shaped, so'as to extend along the lower edge of thedoorway and upwardly, along the sides of the doorway. By means of cleats 20 and securing devices 21, the side portions of the body 19 are attached tothe upright wall of the car. rlhrough the instrumentality of a cleat 22 and securing devices 23, the bottom portion of the body 19, above defined, is attachedito the bottom i8 or' the ear. The flexible oldable chute ii: et' the form hereinbefore described, and is connected to or formed integrally with the body 19.' The side walls of the chute 24 are marked by the reference numeral 25 and the bottom of the chute is shown at 26. The side walls of the chute 24 are folded along diagonal lines 27, as hereinbefore explained, the securing devices on the body being marked by the numeral 29 and the securing devices on the lower surface of the bottom 26 being designated by the reference'character 80.

The chutes 4 may be folded as indicated in Figures 4, 5 and 6 or they may be extended through the doorways 15, as shown in Figure 5.

Inl a. device of the class described, 'a' exible box-like body so Shaped as to fit Within a cal' and having an opening adapted 5 to coincide with the doorway of e car, and e flexible chute secured to the body about lle-opening of the body, the chute comprie* ing a bottom and side' Walls, the side Walls being foldable to form inwardly extended l0 Wings, andv the bottom being 'foldable to overlie the Wings, the length of the bottom l being such that, when the bottom is folded,

Lemmi it will form a complete closure for the openingin the bod', and releasably engaged i bottom and the body, coact elements on the in to hold the bottoni' andthe Wings in fo ded position.

In testimony as my own, I have hereto axed my signe.- ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

, GEORGES, SGBECK, JR. 1/vitnessexs.

SAMUEL M. SIL'vEnM-AN', OSCAR P. Ross.

that I claim the foregoing 

